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Mold Attacks!

If Gilbert school officials had played straight, Mesquite Junior High kids and teachers would've run for their lives.

A A A Comments (3) By Robert Nelson Thursday, Oct 13 2005

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For now, though, everyone involved with Mesquite Junior High is looking to the upcoming Gilbert schools bond issue. If voters approve the bond proposal, more than $4.5 million will go toward renovating the Mesquite complex.

Corn is trying a renovation of his own.

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Mesquite Junior High in Gilbert. Black mold could've become the school's mascot.

Peter Scanlon

Jeff Corn says the school building made him deathly ill.

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Amid bouts with pain and depression, he says he's regained the strength to "earnestly try to fight this stuff in my body." He plans to use some of the money from selling his house to place himself in that toxin treatment center in Dallas.

Meantime, he is self-medicating. For example, one basic treatment attempted by some toxicologists for purging the body of toxins is frequent saunas.

So, when he's up for it, Corn has begun running again -- in the heat of the day.

"I've got to try to fight this," he says. "It may not work, but I'm going to give it my best shot."

As for his old school, Corn simply hopes that Gilbert officials will finally give their best shot to helping other teachers and students who were made ill by years of moldering decay at Mesquite.

"I have this terrible fear it's going to start catching up with others who came into that school later than I did," Corn says. "What makes me so mad is this could have been stopped a long time ago. But instead, [the school district] just let the problem grow."

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Rumana Akter 05/24/2010 2:23:00 PM

Mold is a common occurrence in households and is much more prevalent that you would think. We all recognize mold when it attaches itself to leftover foods in our refrigerator or develops on fruits or cheese very quickly if they are not eaten right away. These molds are easily disposed of and we don’t think much about it, but there are other types of mold that can be serious health risks and getting rid of this mold is much harder. Read More: mold elimination, http://www.gettingridofmold.com/

Diane 10/04/2009 8:54:00 PM

I also wanted to state that every person in my building that got sick over the years started with a sinus infection, hoarseness, nodules on their vocal cords Many got autoimmune diseases or developed cancer. The school department moved their classrooms from the basement or transferred them out them out the building. They also bleached the mold and treated it so when it was tested it passed and it was at acceptable levels. Sometimes they replaced walls. ( They did their own testing) If on a rare occasion someone from the outside tested they made sure they got the levels to where they needed them to be so they would not be sued. It is disgusting what they do. When you work in a school and you start getting sinus infections eye irritations, sore throats, losing your voice and developing health issues you never had. Look at your environment at work. How do these people in charge sleep at night when they know it is the work environment ? They are covering it up.

Diane 10/04/2009 8:44:00 PM

Hi I read your story and can relate. I also worked in a school and was exposed to mold and other irritants. I got very sick and have life long health problems as well. The school system never accepted responsibility his is very typical. This happens all over the country. It is disgusting that they get away with this when we dedicate our lives to helping others.